Australia's Patent Office has handed the patent for cattle genes to a United States multinational. In a move which has shocked cattle researchers and breeders, two American companies are trying to patent the bovine genome in Australia. Meat and Livestock Australia has lodged action in the ...

A syndicate bidding for Australia's largest cattle empire says it's passionate about keeping it in Australian pastoralists' hands. But as the group of four cattle barons go public with their plan, Senator Nick Xenophon says the system has been stacked against them. The bid outguns that made last ...